State v. Decker

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

Defendant Bruce Lane Decker was convicted in Pinal County of second degree burglary and theft. At sentencing, the trial court used defendant’s 1978 Iowa misdemeanor conviction as a ground for enhancing his sentences. The court of appeals affirmed.

We granted defendant’s petition to review the trial court’s use of his prior conviction to enhance his sentences. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(3), and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031, -4033, and 12-120.24.

Facts and Procedural History

On March 30, 1989, defendant was charged with burglary in the second degree and…